Kassadin vs Orianna Counter Pick

Orianna opens the game at 565 health, 20 armor, 26 magic resistance and 325 movement speed — a fragile profile that works only because the Ball stands between her and the threat. Command: Attack fires it forward, Command: Protect attaches it to an ally for a shield, and Clockwork Windup adds magic damage that rises the longer she attacks the same target. From 525 units against 150, she wins every exchange she chooses to take before level 6.

After that the arithmetic inverts, and 351 games on patch 16.13.1 record 57.0% for Kassadin. Riftwalk teleports on a short cooldown, costing more mana when chained but hitting harder, and Void Stone reduces the magic damage that makes up all of Orianna‘s output. Command: Shockwave launches nearby enemies toward the Ball after a delay, and a delay is exactly what a blink leaves behind. Kassadin’s 646 base health growing to 2,567 is the durability an assassin needs when his engage lands him in the middle of a team, set against her 2,435 and 91.4 armor. His difficulty rating of 8 against her 7 mostly reflects mana management: Nether Blade restores mana on the empowered attack, and that is the difference between two Riftwalks and four.